Behind every door, a story of pain: One of Afghanistan’s few female doctors reflects on her work
Every morning at first light, Manizha* picks up her medicine bag and heads out to villages in rural Afghanistan where,...
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Grieving mother campaigns to save children from landmines after losing sons
One spring day Mah Bibi’s three youngest sons were playing with an unusual object they had found in the ground when it exploded, killing them outright along with three friends.
Mother appeals for release of girl jailed for refusing to wed Taliban ally
The family of an Afghan teenager jailed by the Taliban for five years after refusing to marry an influential tribal figure in his 70s have appealed to...
Terror at sea: Afghan mother risks life for daughters’ future
Just weeks before their traumatic experience late last year, 16 Afghans, including a mother and two children, drowned off Turkey’s...
Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan
By Ruchi Kumar, Ghazaal Mohammadi and Sina. Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of...
A jailed teenager and an abused wife: the Afghan women trapped by discriminatory laws
Last month, the Taliban issued a new decree on marriage that makes it almost impossible for a woman to get...
Zakiya Ahmad becomes first Afghan woman to climb Everest
A 31-year-old mountaineer who campaigns for women’s education has become the first Afghan woman to climb Mount Everest, according to...
Taliban ‘legitimising child marriage’ with new edict, activists warn
Child marriage appears to have been legally recognised for the first time by the Taliban in Afghanistan, as activists say...
Taliban YouTube ban silences Afghan women actors
Representatives of the Taliban in Herat met with YouTube channel managers on March 31 and told them women were banned...
‘I can’t even say my own name’: How women journalists in Afghanistan have been silenced
By Zuhal Azad, Raha Azad Before the Taliban returned to power in 2021, women were a key part of the...
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